No thanks to JD.

I have to contribute the following result to JD.




No, not you JD, my bff JD.

You win some you lose some

Wins:
landing in Atlanta
not getting mugged in the big scary train station in downtown
enjoying a meal at the famed Varsity
buying the last two 24oz tall boys beers across the street at J.R. Crickets
Finding out D passed the bar exam
sneaking 2 10 oz flask of JD into Yellowjacket stadium
scoring tickets 19 rows up on the 30 yard line, for face value
the frozen pizza skills that D demostrated while drunk at 1 in the morning
surviving the hangover Friday morning
using the iphone to be able to get back on track to dreamland
Enjoying a half slab of ribs at teh original Dreamland in Tuscaloosa, and the banana pudding too.
surviving the good ole boy barber shop while D waited for a hair cut
more ribs, and catfish at Archibald's and Woodrows's
much like the gentleman leaving A&W's while we were waiting to order said, "It's worth the wait"
tailgating with cool Alabama AND LSU fans
sitting 2nd row 30 yard line in Bryant-Denny Stadium with two refilled flask of Jack tucked away.
the awesome fans the welcomed a UT fan and a USC fan to their stadium
Finding out UT came back in teh 4th quarter and beat Oklahoma state on a field goal with no time remaining.
having the middle seat on my flight home empty
the guy in the window seat getting an upgrade to first class right before the plane pushed back
finding out Delta serves woodford reserve and enjoying a couple on the way home instead of sleeping




Losses:
the hot chick in the seat next to me on the way to Atlanta was in the wrong seat. some douche came along and made her move
rooting for the home team Jackets only to watch them lose horribly to the Hokies of Va Tech
making a wrong turn on the way to dreamland, delaying lunch by 30 minutes.
the 6 drunk LSU fans at A&W's that decided to order all the food in the restaurant turning our 15 minute wait to order into a hour long wait for the food.
OB NOX IOUS LSU fans
Alabama losing to LSU after a hard fought battle
the woman who took it upon herself to relocate to the window seat n my row, completely screwing up my plans to lay down and sleep


I started this post thinking the wins and losses would balance out. I thought I would have to craftily find a way to tell you how the fabulous hospitality of our host in Tuscaloosa made it all better, but looking back, the wins far out weigh the losses. Don't get me wrong, Our host was extremely gracious. He and his friends welcomed me, a total stranger to them but a friend of D's into his house and their weekend. For that I am grateful.

After further review, the losses mentioned above, only minor inconveniences.

The hot chick on the flight to Atlanta? Who am I fooling here? My old tired ass wasn't about to get anywhere with her, except to baggage claim maybe
The Jackets loosing? They were over matched against the Hokies. We all new there was not much chance they would win, besides, i got a really awesome yellow wig that I can wear to USC games!
Making a wrong turn on the way to dreamland? Thanks to modern technology, my iPhone and ATT's edge network, we made it there just fine. Not that me and D were gonna waste away or anything.
The 6 drunk LSU fan's? Yeah so they ordered a ton of food. They were in line in front of, and they paid for it, and me and D could certainly stand to wait another hour to eat. Maybe we shoulda went for a jog.
The rest of the OB NOX IOUS LSU fans, well they were completely offset by the gracious LSU fans
Alabama losing,well they played a great game against a good team, and I had a great time.
The woman who took the window seat... well I thought the flight was full, and my original assigned seat was a middle seat. The simple fact that i got an aisle seat was nice, the open middle seat, just the sauce on my ribs.

FOOSBALL!!!

**** DRUNK POST ALERT****

Wow, i have not typed thise words in a long fucking time.

I am in Atlanta with Demitrios getting absolutely plastered.

tonight we went to the Virginia Tech v. Georgia Tech game.

Did i ever tell you about the time D taught me to sneak liquor into a college football game? no? well he did. and we did it agian tonight

shit faced.

Saturday is LSU v. Alabama. we will be there.

shitfaced and full of dreamland ribs. go ahead, google dreamland.

pictures of our trip to the varsity and teh bar across the street are posted somewhere. when i sober up i will post a link.

warning, sobering up may not happen till the flight home on sunday. maybe JD will be kind enough to post a link.

gonna chat with GKR now about why i am gonna misshis 5th annual bday party.

Just Saying

Iowa at Purdue: Purdue -7, 1 unit
Nevada at Utah St.: Nevada -7, 1 unit
Texas A&M at Nebraska: TAMU +2, 1 unit
Southern Miss. at Marshall: Southern Miss. -4, 1 unit
Tulsa at UCF, Tulsa +3, 1 unit
San Jose St. at Fresno St.: SJS +13.5, 1 unit
Kansas at Colorado: KU -4, 1 unit

Covert operations

Overheard at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival

kid #1: Do yuou have an iPod?
kid #2: Me? No. Do you?
kid #1: Yeah, I do.
kid #2: What songs are on it?

Sorry, that's all I heard. I was pulled away toward the pumpkin quilts and didn't hear the rest.

p.s. Happy football day.

Seasons like 2007....

Are what makes the 2005 season so special.

Pimpin' ain't easy...

and neither is properly punctuating a grammatically incorrect blog post title.

If you made it here directly and have never ever seen either, Betty Underground or Truckin', you should take a look at both.

Why, you ask? Because our good friend Betty has been asked (her words not mine) by the good Dr. Pauly to contribute to his monthly collection of "short stories, sagas, and tales from the road."

Go take a peek at both, and all of the excellent content they provide and stop lurking around here waiting for Dimetrios to post his picks.

Batting .500

If betting on football were hitting in baseball, I would say I had a successful weekend with the parlay cards. I had the perfect double header going. 5 team parlay on Saturday, and a combo card 1 college game combined with 4 can't miss NFL games.

We all know how Saturday went, and I didn't even pick any of the top ten teams. My can't miss NFL games, well 3 of the 4 missed.

Shoulda went to Vegas and bet it all on black.

Rock Bottom

I think I've hit rock bottom. I have no picks for this week. How sad is that? I've paid so little attention to college football that I have no picks. Granted, I probably know more than your average American, or even you average fan, but this is unacceptable.

Only thing I can give you is double digit home dogs in conference games. They always seem to come up winners.

Tired of Hawaii yet?

Poke. Ever heard of it? No, click the link for wikipedia's definition.

On the mainland as we call it,( at least that's what we Hawaiian's call it) poke usually comes in one variety, Ahi Tuna. Here on the islands, we have poke in many different varieties. Check the attached pics, and hit the link for a couple more.

I also hit the local Costco this morning where they had every possible variety of macadamia nuts and a refrigerator case with 6 different types of fresh poke, including King Crab Poke!!!!

I need to head down to the bar, so check the pictures and the links for more shizzle.

Who knew one was just the same as an army?

What a debacle last week. It started out so well, games were rolling in left and right, and then all hell broke loose. Losing both 2 unit games hurt, but I got some satisfaction in the fact that they both loss. A wise man once told me, "If the son-a-bitch team ain't gonna bother covering, then I want to see them lose."

I've been spending more time looking for a couch and a bed, than looking at football, so that could explain me overrating GT and Louisville, or it could be I did the picks after two 12 oz Jack and water and I was rushing to get to a bar, or a little green man told me who to pick. On to the games.

OU at Tulsa: OU -23, 2 units - need to pay for Oct. 6 somehow.

Clemson at NC State: Clemson -7.5, 1 unit - Could baby Bowden be for real?

Syracuse at Louisville: Cuse +37, 1 unit - let's seem them screw me twice

Illinois at Indiana: Big Chief -2.5, 1 unit - The Juice is Loose! Williams that is.

South Carolina at LSU: LSU -18, 1 unit - Ol' Ball coach is in for whooping

Georgia at Bama: Bama -3.5, 1 unit - Looks like Saban knows college football

Iowa at Wisconsin: Wisconsin -7.5, 2 units - PJ Hill's final line, 200 rushing and 4 TD

Last Week: 5-5
Overall: 11-10
2 unit games: 3-2
YTD: +2 units

Rainbows

Sorry to bore you with more pictures













This one was outside our window this morning












This was taken on Sunset Beach

They are not going to ask you to play

Went to the Tour Championship today. Had a good time, but here is one thing that just makes me wonder what people are thinking. I saw spectators, marshals, and tournament officials all wearing golf shoes. I've been to a few golf tournaments over the years and have seen this at all of them. What are these people thinking, "Someone might drop out and they are going to ask me to fill in?" I just want to go up to them and tell them that there s no way they are going to get to play today. At least I know which idiots to avoid.

Aloha!

Greetings from beautiful Hawai'i. The pictures on the right is the view from my hotel room.

No Little Green Men, Yet

I like my job, I get to write memos about an army of little green men. Turns out if you testify that an army of little green men helped you and your accomplice, you are probably not credible as a matter of law.

Last week was rough. Going to go after more games this week. We know more about the teams now, but last year is still affecting the lines.

Iowa at Iowa St.: ISU +17.5, 1 unit - Double digit home dog in a rivalry game.

Texas Tech at Rice: TT-28.5, 1 unit - Baylor killed Rice with a TT lite offense

Tenn at Florida: Florida -7.5, 1 unit - I think Urban Myer is just playing playstation.

Pitt at Michigan St.: MSU -8.5, 1 unit - Pitt is banged up and MSU is the best team in the state of Michigan.

Ohio St. at Washington: OSU -4, 1 unit - OSU offense finally gets rolling and their D is just sick.

UCLA at Utah: UCLA -15.5, 1 unit - Utah has a backup QB starting.

Louisville at Kentucky: Louisville -5.5, 2 units - UL has a candidate, Kentucky don't.

BC at GT: GT -6.5, 2units - GT D might actually get charged with aggravated assault after this game.

New Mexico at Arizona: AU -10, 1 unit - Like that Arizona D.

San Jose St. at Stanford: Stanford -7.5, 1 unit - Time for Jim to make a statement.

Last Week: 2-4
Overall: 6-5
2 unit games: 3-0
YTD: +4 units

Strictly Business

Last week went well even though TCU was not asleep at the wheel. Lots of games to watch this weekend and lots of beer to drink, so let's get to the picks.

Nebraska at Wake: Nebraska -8.5, 1 unit. I would have made this a 2 unit game, but Nebraska has USC coming to dinner next week. I don't know if Wake knows, but they are in the beginning of a rebuilding decade.

Akron at Ohio St.: Ohio St. -29, 1 unit. Ohio needs to beat up on Akron for recruiting dominance in the state of Ohio.

Miami at OU: OU -11, 1 unit. I know it is wrong to root for people to get hurt, but some part of me just wants to see a tornado rip through the stadium. What we will see is OU rip through Miami. This is what is known as a business decision, and money can buy a lot of hate fuel (beer at the fair).

Bama at Vandy: Bama -3.5, 2 units. I'm going to a B-B-Q to watch this game and this is a must win for Saban if he doesn't want to be fired before next week.

Boise St. at Washington: BSU -3, 1 unit. Ty is still a year away, and BSU has some kid named Ian Johnson that is so tough he tells people that he knits.

BYU at UCLA: Over 47, 1 unit. UCLA is looks good for 35, and BYU should get at least 14.

Overall record: 4-1
2 unit games: 2-0
YTD: +5 units

Government Work

Today was my official first day at my new job. So nice of them to give me the day off. Keep paying those taxes because golf is expensive.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Well it’s that time of the year. And it is time to make some picks, and make some money the easy way. Let’s face it, work is for suckers, and I guess that makes me a sucker too. Sorry I didn’t get picks up for last night, but I’ve been in the process of moving to the A-T-L for a new day job. Now to what y’all have all been waiting for.

Wake at BC: BC -6, 2 units. BC has a senior QB that calls his own audibles and I expect a let down from Wake after last year's dream season.

Nevada at Nebraska: Nebraska -20, 1 unit. I hope Nevada brought lube because I’m predicting a cornholing with Bill opening up the offense and the D bringing back the black-shirts.

UCLA at Stanford: UCLA -16.5, 1 unit. Last year, betting against Stanford was a lock and nothing out of Harbaugh’s big mouth has made me think otherwise. Also look for UCLA to make a move in the PAC 10 this year, lots of seniors returning.

Baylor at TCU: Baylor +21, 1 unit. TCU gets caught looking ahead to Texas.

Tech at SMU: Tech -10, 2 units. You can’t lose with a drunk pirate at the helm. That and Graham is throwing the ball in a system that screams points against weak non-conference opponents. And with what happened last time in Highland Park, I’m looking for Leach to run up the score.

And a Happy Football Day to all!

Oh to be a fly on the wall

AIM transcript follows. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Whiskey
9:46
you know, flys don't have it all bad
i mean they can walk on walls and ceilings even.
and if they play their cards right and stay out of the way they get to live out their entire life without being bothered.
all 10-25 days

Cynthia(I need to come up with a creative nickname for this one)
9:48
i was wondering if u knew they only live 4 about 30 days

Whiskey
9:49
my source says 10-25, but i think 4-30 would not be to broad a range to accept



That's it, that's all you get.

Experimenting with Tequila

Not in the scientific way, but in the "the last time I had tequila the OL slipped and broke her ankle".

To nights dinner is Mexican themed. Carne Asada, with freshly made corn tortillas, Mexican style rice and margaritas. I figure I'll report back after I get the grill going and see how much funnier the post get.

Update: 8:30 p.m.Dinner is done, and I am only one margarita in. Carne Asada cooks so fast there was not a whole lot of drinking happening. Now, I am relaxing on the balcony enjoying the breeze. and a second and purposely stronger cocktail.

Update #2: 9:20 p.m. OK, 2 margaritas and a extra large shot of tequila in and I think I am starting to feel the effects. the best part, Chappelles show is on and it only enhances the effects of the tequila. Last nights dinner was a perfect alfredo. Just the right amount of garlic, the perfect amount of parmigiano reggiano, and a perfectly al dente penne pasta. The only thing missing was a nice crusty french bread to sop up the remaining sauce.

UPDATE #3: 9:45 p.m. 2.5 margaritas and 1 extra large shot, I just finished a conversation with a friend about the merits of using the word "battered" with relation to battered and abused women. I get extremely philosophical when I have had a bit to drink.

does anyone use the "labels for this post" section of blogger?

Update #4: 11:50 a.m. Tequila is evil.